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ELSC is taking legal action against German Domestic Intelligence Services for surveilling Palestine solidarity groups
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is representing three Palestine Solidarity groups in Germany taking legal action to challenge the German Domestic Intelligence Service (Verfassungsschutz)’s surveillance.The groups, Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin and Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in…
Coalition Challenges Prosecutor’s Prolonged Failure to Act on Booking.com Complaint Before Dutch Court of Appeal
On 9 April 2026, a coalition of Palestinian and Dutch organisations filed a complaint with the Dutch Court of Appeal over the Prosecutor’s prolonged failure to act on a criminal case against Booking.com. The case concerns alleged profits derived from…
Palestinian Symbols Banned at Holocaust Memorial Site Buchenwald, Germany
In a new legal case, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is defending an antifascist activist’s right to commemorate at Holocaust memorial site Buchenwald, after she was banned and threatened with a criminal complaint by the memorial’s administration for wearing a Kufiya. This case challenges the criminalisation of Palestinian symbols and the role…
ELSC Submits Objection Against Dutch Government’s Proposal to Ban Face Coverings at Demonstrations
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has submitted an objection to a bill from the Dutch government that aims to prohibit face coverings at demonstrations. If implemented, the law will endanger protestors mobilising against the Dutch government’s complicity in genocide and settler colonialism in Palestine. The ELSC encourages everyone, both residents and organisations in the Netherlands, to submit objections to this latest attempt to suppress dissent. This can be done via the public consultation…
Employment Tribunal Rules Against Claim of Discrimination against Two Muslim Employees in Lloyds Bank but Reinforces Anti-Zionism as a Protected Belief
While the Tribunal ultimately found in favour of Lloyds Bank on the facts of this case, it delivered a significant and far-reaching clarification of the law by reaffirming that anti-Zionism can constitute a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act…
Da Gaza a Bologna. Il caso di un ricercatore di UniBo nel mirino di soldati ed ex soldati dell’esercito israeliano all’Università di Bologna
All’Università di Bologna, un ricercatore RTT è stato colpito da un procedimento disciplinare – con censura scritta e blocco della carriera – per aver indossato la kufya, partecipato a uno sciopero bianco e denunciato il genocidio in Palestina. A partire…
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نجمع بين الاستراتيجيات الدفاعية والتقاضي الاستراتيجي، إلى جانب الرصد، والتدريب، والمناصرة لبناء قوة جماعية. كما نحرص على أن تكون استراتيجياتنا منسجمة مع السياقات السياسية لحركة التضامن مع فلسطين، وأن تسهم في تحقيق أهدافها.
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نرصد ونوثق ونحلل الإجراءات والممارسات القمعية المعادية لمناصري القضية الفلسطينية في جميع أنحاء أوروبا. تكشف تقاريرنا عن أشكال قمع ممنهجة ومؤسسية، مسلطين الضوء على أنماطها في مختلف القطاعات والدول لتعزيز التضامن.
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من خلال الاستراتيجيات القانونية، والتقاضي، والبحث الاستقصائي، وجهود المناصرة، نسعى لتفكيك البُنى التي تحمي الشركات والجهات المالية والمؤسسات السياسية من المساءلة عن دورها في تمكين التطهير العرقي، وتوسيع الاستيطان، والعدوان العسكري في فلسطين.
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Defend the right to protest: Support SOAS and Cambridge student encampments for Palestine
UK universities are cracking down on student protests for Palestine using expensive injunctions. If successful, these legal actions could set a dangerous precedent across all campuses. Help raise £30,000 to challenge these repressive measures and protect students from devastating legal…
Solidarity Forever: ELSC London Fundraiser
Join us for a powerful night of art, resistance, and community at the ELSC’s London fundraiser. Featuring comedy, poetry, music, and film — all in support of the ELSC Legal Fund and the Palestine solidarity movement.
Q&A – Booking Sued for Laundering Profits from Israeli War Crimes in Palestine
DUTCH BELOW 1. What is the criminal complaint about? The criminal complaint that the ELSC, Al-Haq, SOMO, and The Rights Forum filed is about Booking.com’s involvement in illegal Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). Our research shows…